NichiDict

決める

N4
きめる
極める
[kimeru]
Illustration for 決める

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

2.IchidanTransitive

to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)

3.IchidanTransitive

to persist in doing; to go through with

4.IchidanTransitive

to always do; to have made a habit of

5.IchidanTransitive

to take for granted; to assume

6.IchidanTransitive

to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines

7.IchidanTransitive

to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing

Less common meanings (2)
8.IchidanTransitiveJargon

martial arts; sumoto immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

9.IchidanTransitiveSlangNSFW

to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

Examples

明日の予定を決めましょう

Let's decide tomorrow's schedule.

九回裏のホームランで試合を決めた

A home run in the bottom of the ninth clinched the game.

旅行先をまだ決めていない

I haven't decided on the travel destination yet.